Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 13 | Page 28

TALKING BUSINESS HOW MY FRIDGE BROKE THE INTERNET I recently bought a smart refrigerator, and recognise there are positives and negatives. Positives include making great ice and letting me know, while I’m at the store or leaving the office, that the yogurt or milk has expired. It can call the service centre about a fault before it fails. It can even tell me the current weather or stream music. Unfortunately, negatives include that it can wage cyber warfare from my kitchen, writes Stephen Brennan, Senior Vice President of Cyber Network Defence, DarkMatter. 28 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com